James ricks



(No Model.)

J. RIGKS HORSESHOE. 7

No. 338,781. Patented Mar. 30, 1886.

WITNESSES I IN VEJVTOR m6. M fivmwzg UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES RIOKS, OF WVASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

HORSESHOE.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Iietters Patent No. 338,781, dated March 30, 1886.

Application filed January 20, 1886. Serial No. 189,129. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMES RIoKs, a citizen of the United States, residing at WVashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Itough-Shoeing of Horses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my adjustable shoe detached from the foot. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my invention with the shoein position over the ordinary shoe. Fig. 3 is a detailed section through the heel of the ma chine. Fig. 4 is a detailed perspective view of the toe-loop attachment, and Fig. 5 is a detailed section of the toe for the illustration of a modification hereinafter explained.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views in the accompanying figures.

The contrivance consists of a metallic plate, A A, of iron or steel, with sharpened calks D D at heels and toe.

Ihe proj ections 0 Cat the heels B B lap over and hold the heels of the horseshoe in common use, and the oontrivance is adjusted at thetoe by means of the adjustable triangular loop E, made integral, which fits over the call; D through the eye a of the toe-loop,(shown in detail in Fig. 4,) and through the eyes I) in the heels of the plate passes the wire band F F. At the ends of the wire is a clamp, G G,

which fastens on the side of the hoof by a o screw-bolt and nut.

The spur K (shown in Fig. 5) is a modification, by which the strain occasioned at the heel-catchers O C may be partially relieved.

To adjust the shoe,place the heel-catchers over the heels of the shoe on the foot; then, having unloosed the clamps, bring the band around the side of the foot; place the triangular toe-loop attachment over the toe-calk; then, passing the screw-bolt through the eyes of the side clamp, one eye being threaded, by means u of a screw-d river draw the contrivance securely to the foot. The bolt can be used with or without the nut.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ot' the United States, is

1. The combination,withan adj ustable roughshoeing or sleet shoe, consisting of a V-shaped plate provided with calks at heel and toe and heel-catchers, of a triangular toe-loop made integral, and a metallic band passing through holes at the heels and through an eye of the loop, having its ends secured to a two'part clamp which is adj ustably secured by a screwthreaded bolt and nut.

2. The combination,with an adjustable roughshoeing or sleet shoe, consisting of a V-shaped plate provided with calks at heel and toe and heel-catchers, of a triangular toe-loop made integral, a metallic band passing through eyes at the heels and through the eye of the loop, having its ends secured to a two-part clamp which is adj ustably secured by a screwthreaded bolt and nut, and a spur projecting upwardly from the angle of the toe of the plate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES RIOKS.

\Vitnesses:

B. C. FENWIoK, G. S. COOPER. 

